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Literary Periods & Movements
This page has lesson plans for Unit 5 class sessions.
January 5 - 16
(approx 6 sessions)
Unit 5 Overview
Unit 5 Overview
Essential Questions:
How do we use poetic form and language to explore and express ideas?
How do we revise, edit and prepare our work for publication?
Texts
Selected poems - TBD
Selected artwork
Topics:
Poetry
Closed forms vs open forms
Specific closed forms
Invented forms
Style and literary traditions & movements
Word choice
getting specific
nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs
connotation & denotation
multiple meanings, nuance & complexity
Imagery
Literal vs. Figurative
Metaphor, simile, personification
Hyperbole
Extended metaphor
Allusion
Contrasts - juxtaposition, shift (in tone, mood, style)
Association, disjunction
Repetition, anaphora, epizeuxis
Motif
Sound devices - alliteration, assonance, consonance, slant rhyme
Speaker, voice and style
Literary criticism / review - interpretation essay
Developing and supporting an interpretation
Thesis statement
Line of reasoning
Creative Writing Workshop
Revision & Editing
Publishing
Portfolio
Unit Skills:
Identify literary techniques and explain how they influence meaning and interpretation in a poem.
Describe the organization and structure of a poem.
Describe the poetic style and the speaker’s voice in a poem.
Identify and explain appropriate evidence to support your interpretation of a poem.
Write a 1-2 sentence thesis statement that summarizes your interpretation of a poem.
Outline a line of reasoning that explicates your thesis statement.
Prepare writing submissions for publication in our class literary magazine.
Collaborate with your production team to review, typeset, or edit writing submissions or design webpages for the literary magazine.
Reflect on your experience in English class this semester, noting successes and literary skills and knowledge gained, favorite activities and assignments, challenges, themes, questions, growth, and future opportunities.
Write using appropriate capitalization, punctuation, spelling, grammar, and transition phrases.
Formative Assessment(s):
Mentor Text Notes & Reflections -
Creative Writing -
Online Discussion Board -
Summative Assessment(s):
Digital Writing Portfolio - in Google Drive - rubric
Publication in class literary magazine - success criteria
Assessment is focused on helping students develop:
critical thinking
creative expression
analytical writing skills
research skills
intellectual and professional communication skills
Visit the assessments page for more details.
Week of January 5
Week of January 5
5.1 Literary Periods & Poetry
5.1 Literary Periods & Poetry
Wednesday January 7 - Thursday January 8
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Read and annotate a poem with your observations, thoughts and questions.
Take notes on the historical, literary and biographical context for a poem.
Explain how a given poem reflects the style and themes of a literary period or movement.
Record your reading and discussion of a poem for an audience.
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
Journal Writing
Literary Periods & Movements
Assignments
Assignments
6.1 Literary Periods & Poem Notes due Thursday 1/8
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5.2 Poetry Recording
5.2 Poetry Recording
Friday January 9
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Read and annotate a poem with your observations, thoughts and questions.
Take notes on the historical, literary and biographical context for a poem.
Explain how a given poem reflects the style and themes of a literary period or movement.
Record your reading and discussion of a poem for an audience.
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
Poetry Reading & Discussion Audio Recording
Assignments
Assignments
6.2 Poem Recording due Sunday 1/12
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Week of January 12
Week of January 12
5.3 & 5.4 Sonnets
5.3 & 5.4 Sonnets
Tuesday January 13 & Wednesday January 14
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Define and discuss the structure of a sonnet.
Identify and label juxtaposition, contrasts, figurative language, motifs, symbols, allusions and shifts in a sonnet.
Write a one-sentence statement of the theme of a poem.
Discuss and explain examples of how a poet's use of literary techniques contribute to meaning and interpretation in a poem.
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
Sonnet structure
Read, annotate & analyze a sonnet
Small group discussion
Assignments
Assignments
5.3 Sonnet Annotation due Wednesday January 14 (in Google Classroom)
5.4 Sonnet Check for Understanding due Wednesday January 14 (in AP Classroom)
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5.5 Poetry Analysis FRQ & Scoring
5.5 Poetry Analysis FRQ & Scoring
Thursday January 15
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Define and discuss the structure of a sonnet.
Identify and label juxtaposition, contrasts, figurative language, motifs, symbols, allusions and shifts in a sonnet.
Write a one-sentence statement of the theme of a poem.
Discuss and explain examples of how a poet's use of literary techniques contribute to meaning and interpretation in a poem.
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
Sonnet structure
Read, annotate & analyze a sonnet
Small group discussion
Assignments
Assignments
5.2 Sonnet Annotation due Thursday December 4
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5.6 Unit 5 Progress Check MCQ
5.6 Unit 5 Progress Check MCQ
Friday January 16
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Analyze an author's use of literary techniques in a short fiction passage or poem.
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
AP Classroom: Poem Practice MCQ
AP Classroom: Unit 5 Progress Check MCQ
Assignments
Assignments
5.X Unit 5 Progress Check MCQ
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5.X Form & Structure in Poetry
5.X Form & Structure in Poetry
TBD
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Distinguish between form and structure in a literary work.
Describe the structure and patterns in a poem.
Define and examine common types of forms including couplets, quatrains, free verse and prose poems.
Discuss ways that form, structure, line breaks, enjambment, punctuation, patterns and syntax impact meaning and interpretation in a poem.
Write a poem, experimenting with form and structure.
Write author’s commentary that includes an explanation of how form influences / contributes to the meaning/impact of the poem.
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
Definitions: form, structure, white space, enjambment, syntax, meter, rhyme scheme, couplet, quatrain, free verse, prose poem
Choose mentor text from We Borrowed Gentleness
Prose Poems:
"How to Confront the Past" (pg 42)
"Intelligent Design" (pg 44)
"Erosion" (pg 45)
"Places with Terrible Wi-Fi" (pg 75)
Couplets:
"Meditation on Beauty" (pg 64)
"In Praise of Weakness" (pg 77)
Short lines & indenting: "The Untranslatable" (pg 54)
Long lines & indenting: "Elongations" (pg 52) & "Astrophysics" (pg 56)
Short but packed with meaning: "A Miracle" (pg 20) & "Living in the Moment" (pg 37)
Right-justified: "Let's Not Get Carried Away" (pg 12)
Multi-part / Multiple Forms: "A Force Equal to the Weight of the Fluid Displaced" (pg 68-72)
Reading reflection: Use the following questions to help you describe the structure of the poem:
What is the title of the poem and the poet's name?
How does the poem begin?
What do you notice about the form and structure of the poem? (Describe line length, line breaks, stanzas, spacing, influences from other types of writing)
What literary techniques do you notice in the poem? (Identify and explain examples of imagery, metaphor, simile, personification, juxtaposition, contrast, repetition, etc. )
What patterns do you notice in the poem? Are there any patterns in the syntax?
What do you notice about punctuation in the poem?
Is there a rhythm to the syllables and sounds in the poem?
Is there a rhyme scheme? If so, how would you describe it?
Is there a shift in the poem? If so, where is it, and what is the change that occurs?
How does the poem end?
Write poem
Assignments
Assignments
Practice: Journal Writing - write a poem using _____
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AP Literature Skills Focus for Unit 5: Form & Structure in Poetry
STR 3.C Explain the function of structure in a text.
FIG 5.A Distinguish between the literal and figurative meanings of words and phrases.
FIG 5.B Explain the function of specific words and phrases in a text.
FIG 5.D Identify and explain the function of an image or imagery.
FIG 6.B Identify and explain the function of a metaphor.
FIG 6.C Identify and explain the function of a personification.
FIG 6.B Identify and explain the function of an allusion.
LAN 7.B Develop a thesis statement that conveys a defensible claim about an interpretation of literature and that may establish a line of reasoning.
LAN 7.C Develop commentary that establishes and explains relationships among textual evidence, the line of reasoning, and the thesis.
LAN 7.D Select and use relevant and sufficient evidence to both develop and support a line of reasoning.
LAN 7.E Demonstrate control over the elements of composition to communicate clearly.
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